Recommend me a good dry dog food for dermatitis

I have a 6 year old Lhasa Apso who suffers from dermatitis. I've spent fortunes at the vets trying to find the cause as there is no cure other than antibiotics every now and again which cures it temporarily.

Anyhow, i'm now going to try his diet to see if that has any affect. I have fed him Bakers Complete all his life and I have heard this isn't a very good dog food. You can't get any other from the bloody supermarket though can you?

I've read some of the other threads in the archives about this but there is conflicting advice.

Anyone got or had a dog with a similar condition that has improved through a certain brand of food? Please help!

My little doglet doesn't have bad skin but does have bad tummy... We switched to an awesome brand called orijen and it's improved greatly. Look into it/ try it... It's a very natural food. Costly but cheaper than vets bills.

Thanks, will have a look at that. I don't mind paying a bit more. I'm not convinced that it's the Bakers because he's been eating that all his life and the skin thing has only come on the last couple of years. I'm just a bit desperate now though....

Yes I recently spoke to someone who used to work in the Bakers factory....they didn't have a good word to say about it, hence the reason i'm changing. Fish 4 dogs has been mentioned to me before so thanks.

We just changed our dog onto the eukanuba fish & potato diet as she has allergies. Only been on it a couple of weeks and already her coat looks better. She is still itchy but the vet said it would take up to 8 weeks before we know if it is working.

I have had great success with the Wafcol salmon and potato. Though I would say anything is better than bakers. You need to try any diet for a minimum of 12 weeks before you can say it is not helping.Have you had any allergy testing done by the vets as this could identify what foods you need to avoid. I tend to advise this is done first so we can choose the foods on the basis of the blood results.

ive not had allergy testing. My insurers won't pay out as i'm on a one illness per year premium. I've just paid over £500 on skin biopsies and antibiotics/shampoos and steroids. My vet tells me that allergy testing is expensive so I really don't have the money to go down that route.

sorry slight hijack - can anyone recommend a wet food. I would prefer to feed dry food but the dog looks really sad when I give it him and eats it in a sort of "ohhh ok then...if there's nothing else" kind of way" and looks like this

I use Nature Diet trays which are a wet food, the are usually around 80p a tray and a small breed like mine would need one tray a day, larger breeds up to 3/4 trays a day, so it could be pricey if you have a big dog.

We are in the US so the brand names are probably different. Our golden is a sensitive soul and we switched him to grain free last month. It has made a huge difference to his paws already (no redness) and the yeast infection in his ears is nearly gone.

We use nutro grain free. To help with his skin we put olive oil on it every other day.

tanfastic it sounds as if we have a similar problem. We can't afford allergy tests either so are trying the fish & potato diet recommended by the vet as a starting point. I will let you know if we get a real and sustained improvement - I am really hoping so as the itching is awful for her and also awful because it makes other people think she has fleas or something!

I feed mine on barking heads good hair day, with the odd raw egg and tinned sardines chucked in for good measure. It is the only food that doesnt upset eric tum and they both have silky shiny coats. they do a variety for different things.

Wafcol salmon and potato has been the best thing in the world for on of mine, my little allergy previously itchy jrt now has hair and isn't itchy!! Fab stuff. And supplement with Yumega plus - really good.

Basic tips for suspected allergy dogs -* less carpets if poss - or Hoover daily to reduce dust mites* spray house every few months with a mite killer such as Acclaim. Also protects house against fleas and reduces all creepy crawlies.* small bags of food to avoid storage mites * wipe face after eating.*wipe paws and tum with damp cloth after exercising on grass* boil washbblankets and toys regularly with non bio washing powder* avoid all sprays like febreeze or scents like shake n vac